Something that bothers me greatly with the analysis I've seen of Laios and Toshiro's argument is people will try to say it's a great example of when neurodivergent people come up against the unspoken standards of neurotypical people. First of all, there are plenty of textual moments with Toshiro that do read as neurodivergent to me and it cheapens his character to put him in that role so he seems more antagonistic. But more importantly it just fundamentally seems to miss the fact that neurodivergent people don't just fail to understand neurotypical people, but each other, all of the time. We often have competing needs and opposing difficulties with social situations. Neurodivergent people don't inherently understand each other, even if it can be easier. It's very common for the situation between Laios and Toshiro to happen. It's frustrating to not be told what you should be doing in a social situation and invest yourself in a friendship that isn't mutual. But it's equally neurodivergent to struggle to communicate discomfort and set up boundaries. I know I've personally been in plenty of situations where anxiety and fear of rejection have made me stay silent even if the person I'm speaking to would have appreciated being told what's wrong. Toshiro and Laios aren't clashing because one is neurotypical, but because they have clashing values and needs.

Omg I'll put these together in a more well-put together file soon - but not including a few duplicates and one secret one - SEVENTY-SEVEN QUICK SKETCH COMMISSIONS DONE SO FAR!? Wow ya'll thank you so much. T_T We have had some DELICIOUS ramen and have had second-wind Friday coffee. My daughter is with my mother... and I'm ready to game/draw! :D

reblog to bonk prev with yr forehead like a cat

Hengist

Former mercenary turned Sheriff of Oxford (1348), twin to the current Ventrue baron, sworn to his duties with a special interest in keys and locking mechanisms. At least, until recently. There's a new person in town that has him acting unwise •̀⁠ᴗ⁠-

Clothing ramblewise I think Hengist's fashion choices are fairly easy to read: knight wears knight things. He doesn't really have a sense of nice-looking clothes, so while his wardrobe is all to a very high quality, he isn't the one commissioning or deciding it.

For armour he flits between wearing only fabric gambeson-style and additional plate (with chain sections). Man has enough dots in potence that weight isn't really an issue, it's mostly about presenting the appropriate amount of severity.

Mid-14th century armour is absolutely not to my aesthetic tastes haha.

it's a lot of text so I can't share all of it, but I need to summarise some stuff from Players Guide to the Low Clans (VtM revised dark ages) because there is some seriously fun lore in this

Hengist

Former mercenary turned Sheriff of Oxford (1348), twin to the current Ventrue baron, sworn to his duties with a special interest in keys and locking mechanisms. At least, until recently. There's a new person in town that has him acting unwise •̀⁠ᴗ⁠-

Clothing ramblewise I think Hengist's fashion choices are fairly easy to read: knight wears knight things. He doesn't really have a sense of nice-looking clothes, so while his wardrobe is all to a very high quality, he isn't the one commissioning or deciding it.

For armour he flits between wearing only fabric gambeson-style and additional plate (with chain sections). Man has enough dots in potence that weight isn't really an issue, it's mostly about presenting the appropriate amount of severity.

Mid-14th century armour is absolutely not to my aesthetic tastes haha.

rolling badly is something that can be so good for developing your character, actually 

tis my birthday once more!! another year survived !!

and the other experimental portraits that i did of my TES OCs! the first one being the example i used for the commission tehehe

rolling badly is something that can be so good for developing your character, actually 

trying to get ur characters to be honest about their feelings is so hard like they would not fucking say that

“magic isnt real” — plants just grow out of the ground. for free. everywhere.

✨💕 Boy Dinner 💕✨

Last episode of New Orleans by Night, Andrew fury frenzied and murdered a man.

Viriel and Nora <3

more lovely TES lesbians for @/Vespulaggro. Viriel the Breton and her partner Nora the Nord. Love these two

I feel like this is such a key moment in Shuro and Falin’s dynamic that i’ve never seen talked about and wish was mentioned again in canon. ‼️THIS IS NOT A SHIP POST‼️ for clarity but to me it adds such an interesting layer to how Shuro must feel towards her and the imbalance in their relationship…..

So much of his character is feeling alienated and inaccessible to the people around him, at first in his own family and then culturally after he left home. the party doesn’t even know his actual name. he’s under so much pressure and could feel like anyone Knowing another side of him would compromise his obligations, and partly why he resents what he views as Laios’s compulsive earnestness so much. but at the same time I think him seeing how much patience and love she has for Laios makes him wonder if he could be safe with her. and in the caterpillar scene he sees Falin finding beauty in something others find repulsive and inconsequential (plus in the recent Adventure Bible we learn he also has an interest in critters….)

I’m not sure when the caterpillar scene takes place in relation to his nightmare, either way she literally enters his subconscious and saves his life!! I’m so so so curious about the details tbh. I can’t imagine how humiliating that would feel but at the same time it took away the need for him to confess any of his weaknesses, Falin took it upon herself and the most Insane part to me is he probably doesn’t even remember what she saw, because Marcille didn’t remember the content of hers. and there’s no way he’d ASK, and Falin wouldn’t volunteer that information.

anywayyyyy Shuro knows she’s seen the deep pain and loneliness at his core and guided him out. he wants that, he DID get it, but doesn’t know HOW!!!! so of course he’d try to chase that in reality and he would feel an intense closeness with her because she’s the only one who who’s Literally Seen that side of him, one that he might not have a full realization of.

it rly captures this imbalance between them that I think Shuro really wants to bridge even if he’s unequipped for it, and Falin doesn’t reciprocate. like. You See Me, Can You Please Show Me What You See? he knows, factually, that she could understand and help him. but he only offers to make her “comfortable.” and at the end of the day she does for him what she would do for anyone, often at great risk to herself (imo her desire for independence in the AB demonstrates her wanting to break this) he knows this and it would be enough, he even admires that about her greatly. but it doesn’t leave much room for her own self actualization.

I don’t have a conclusion other than thank you Ryoko Kui. thank you.